Topic: Greco Les Paul's
Anybody out there had experience with these... Might swap my Hagstrom Viking for a EG-800... Will be a good sibling for my Epi JBLP... Opinions?
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Great guitars, and the 70's ones are either comparable to or better than Gibsons. I have played a few and owned a couple. If you are craving a LP, for a better price and superb build quality, go for it.
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I read somewhere (can't remember where to provide a source) that they were made in the Tokai factory...
...I say this as a good thing since Japanese Tokai's rival Gibson for quality (if only more of them had a nitro finish...)!!
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Adrian J wrote:
I read somewhere (can't remember where to provide a source) that they were made in the Tokai factory...
...I say this as a good thing since Japanese Tokai's rival Gibson for quality (if only more of them had a nitro finish...)!!
The 70's models came from the Ibanez factory as far as I know....not sure about 1980 onwards... Assume it was the same.... They were the Ibanez for the Japanese market... You can see the tuners are exactly the same...
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as long as it is japanese it will be good, though that Hagstrom is sexy too...
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macg1 wrote:
as long as it is japanese it will be good, though that Hagstrom is sexy too...
That's it, it comes down to the fact that I'd rather have a 32 year old MIJ Les Paul than a new Chinese hollow body.
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I'd rather have a Hagstrom to be honest. Greco's are similar to Epi quality... there's good ones and bad ones in the bunch.
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NPB_EST.1979 wrote:
I'd rather have a Hagstrom to be honest. Greco's are similar to Epi quality... there's good ones and bad ones in the bunch.
I'll have to report back about the quality of the Greco, I hope it has a 59 profile neck, it is does I'm sold... I'd love the Hagstrom more if it had a 59 profile neck! Would probably put JB SD's or Klein pickups in it!
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Have a look at this site. http://www.guitarsjapan.com/grecoinfopage.html
I have a mid- 80's Fernandes Les Paul and if the quality of the Grecos is anything like that then they'll be far superior to any Epi's.
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Re: Greco Les Paul's
BBJ wrote:
Have a look at this site. http://www.guitarsjapan.com/grecoinfopage.html
I have a mid- 80's Fernandes Les Paul and if the quality of the Grecos is anything like that then they'll be far superior to any Epi's.
Well I own a MIJ Epiphone Les Paul (Domnestic Market Model Only with open book headstock) which comes from the fuijigen plant.
It´s a great great guitar and has all the desirable vintage Les Paul Features, such as a Long Neck Tenon and a Solid Body.
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I have an Ibanez Lawsuit Les Paul from 76 with the Bolt on neck, its not quite up to a real les paul but its a hell of a guitar with one of the fastest necks I have ever played. It was my number one for years and is a killer rock guitar.
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I've had several Japanese Tokai Les Pauls and they were all superb guitars.
The only thing that I found let them down was the electronics and they're easy enough to upgrade.
I only wish I could find a dealer online in the UK..!!
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Head over to the My Les Paul forum, they have a forum dedicated to Japanese Les Pauls, some Greco's are better than others and dont forget Orville, Burny, Bacchus, Epi Japan, Tokai.....the list is endless!
I had a Burny Randy rhodes for a while and that was a superb guitar, sold it on that very forum!